It's not a question of IF, but WHEN
Most businesses today employ modest measures to prevent cyber-criminals from stealing their data. The key to creating a plan, or "posture", is to beef up the outer permiter to reduce your chances of getting compromised, but ALSO having technology running on the INSIDE of your network to "sniff out" intruders who have either bet let in through one of your employees, or who have penetrated the network edge. Knowing how to protect, detect, and react is key to operating an online business now and in the future. Don't think it won't happen to you - security through obscurity is a sure-fire way to endager your livelihood and that of your employees. Our security experts specialize in the delicate conversations that need to take place to help you plan for the worst, while hoping for the best. You need to focus on a great cybersecurity plan just as much as you do gaining marketshare from the competition. It's the new reality we live in, which is why Infinite Communications employs former NSA, Disney, and CenturyLink security experts: to help you build a plan (not a product) that will make you a very hardened target.
Security by the Numbers
- 71% of all small business who get breached end up going out of business
- 91% of all businesses have been the target of an attack in 2019
- Just $1000/mo invested into the right security product can protect over $100M in assets
- 65% of all business fail security audits and have to pay additional fines
- Of the 39% of businesses that survive a breach, 80% suffer massive reputation damage to their brand
- Randsomeware criminals banked over $8B in 2019
- 0 customers of Ininite Communications were breached in 2019
- Learn more about cyberscurity here!
2020: The Year of the Hacker
Ransomware’s minimum annual global revenue is $8 billion
Here’s your answer to the question, How much did ransomware make in 2019? This is a large sum, and 2020 is projected to come in even higher!
There was a 79% overall increase in malware-targeted businesses in 2019
Attackers have realized that businesses will bring them a higher revenue than an individual person. Even though the use of ransomware has decreased, the attacks are now more targeted manual attacks, according to a 2019 report on the state of malware from Malwarebytes.
Work Safely
If your system, or even individual computers, become infected than that can really hamper their productivity and even force you to replace computers.
Prevent Disaster
As a business, the chances are you’re hosting your own website. If your system becomes infected, there is a very real chance that your website be forced to shut down. This means that not only will you be losing money from missed transactions, but you will also lose customer trust and certain viruses can often do lasting damage to a system.
Protect Productivity
Viruses can slow down personal computers to a crawl, and make working on them practically impossible. This can cause a lot of wasted time for your employees, and can often bring your entire business to a standstill.
